Congress is never going to give Amtrak $ 150 billion or wait 30 years for high-speed train service in the Northeast corridor. John Mica More Quotes by John Mica More Quotes From John Mica We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this. John Mica tsa risk average Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business. John Mica joining economic reform The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system. John Mica united-states government country Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels. John Mica trying sometimes fiction The government cannot put a chocolate on every one of their pillows and tuck them in at night. John Mica chocolate government night They've just gone over the line in my opinion, and again, there's a proper time for a pat down, there's a proper time for an advanced technology body search, but it has to be done with some thought. John Mica technology done gone Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems. John Mica airports israel country When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law. John Mica airports believe country Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people. John Mica reform missing people In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared. John Mica mumbai moscow taken It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done. John Mica tsa talking people Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off, then you have to take the liquids out, now we have to be patted down in our private areas because of the diaper bomber. John Mica tsa diapers shoes Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years. John Mica eight friday two What we're going to do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business and into the security business to connect the dots. John Mica tsa dots trying Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that they're purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, let's get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of - innocent citizens. John Mica gun rights mean I don't think I've ever seen the committee treated with such contempt. John Mica company-news Why wouldn't you open it up to getting funds from the private sector that can also get a return ? they've done it in Europe, they've done it in the Far East, they've done it in other countries. Why can't we do it here in the United States ? John Mica politics Amtrak has had a long history of waste, fraud and abuse. John Mica politics We're running a Soviet-style train system and a third-world country operation. John Mica politics Congress has been reluctant to give Amtrak the money because they squander it. They don't have a plan that has milestones and can be seriously considered, we're a Third World country when it comes to passenger rail and we need to look at the alternatives out there. John Mica industrials
